The Board has determined that the veteran's psychiatric disorder, hair loss, dizzy spells, and paresthesias of the scalp were not incurred or aggravated by active service, including as secondary to ionizing radiation exposure.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding that the veteran's current conditions are related to his military service, particularly his claimed exposure to ionizing radiation in Japan.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder, hair loss, dizzy spells, paresthesias of the scalp
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 6, 2002
- Citation
- 0204169
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What this means for you
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